SIU Officer Cleared

The Ontario Special Investigations Unit has cleared an OPP officer
of any wrong-doing in an injury sustained by a person who was in custody
at the Kenora Detachment.

SIU director Ian Scott says there are no reasonable grounds to
believe the local officer committed any criminal offense after
34 year old Tony Kakegamic injured his index finger while being
place in the cell.

The report says Kakegamic tried to open the cell door several times
while officers attempted to lock the cell.

In the process, Kakegamic's left index finger was caught between
the door and the frame, causing the tip to be severed.

Scott concludes that the cause of the injury was the result of an accident
in which the officer had no intention of hurting the complainant.

Abitibi Land Sale

A Kenora-area developer is hoping to finalize the sale of Abitibi lands in the city by the end of June.

John Gale has been negotiating with AbitibiBowater for months to purchase all their property within city limits.

The original deadline to complete the deal was March 31st, but Gale says both sides agreed to extend the purchase date to June 30th.

He says its been a very complicated deal involving many different parcels land scattered throughout the city.

Gale adds that there are companies that are eager to get on the old mill property to set up shop.

Truth and Reconciliation

The Head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is making an appearance in Sioux Lookout to hear stories from former students of the Indian Residential School system.

Justice Murray Sinclair will stop in the community May 12th and 13th.

Garnet Angeconeb is the Co-Chair of the Sioux Lookout Coalition for Healing and Reconciliation and notes this region is fortunate to have Sinclair visit.

He notes it will give families, staff and survivers a chance to open up dialouge in order to move on.

Northern Ontario Energy Credit

Not all northerners will get energy credit cheques from the McGuinty government in the fall.

The money is strictly for low and middle income people.

Speaking in Thunder Bay Dwight Duncan says the credit is to make up for higher energy costs

Expect those cheques to roll out in November.